Thursday, October 17, 2024

How to Organize a Small Shack

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A YouTube comment from Paul VK3HN sent me back to "The Spirited Man" YouTube channel , and one of the first things I found was thi...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

SolderSmoke Podcast #253 AUDIO VERSION: NYC, SF, DR, PC, DSC, PODCAST IN DANGER, SPRAT, sBITX, CW, IMD, AI, PNP, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #253 is available:    http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke253.mp3 October 16, 2024 Sponsor!  Parts Candy is back!  Handmad...
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SolderSmoke Podcast #253 VIDEO VERSION : NYC, SF, DR, PC, DSC, PODCAST IN DANGER, SPRAT, sBITX, CW, IMD, AI, PNP, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke #253 is available in video form.  See above or:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQBojTLL7VY The audio version is available in t...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Two Great (but Old) Videos about Waves

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I've had both of these videos on the SolderSmoke blog already, but an e-mail from Farhan reminded me how good they both are. If you a...
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Monday, October 14, 2024

Monitoring Maritime Radio Messages with YADD

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  Click on the image for a clearer view This is really cool and very easy.  Easy nerd thrills.   On Friday, Steve VE7SL, put up a blog post...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

The Transistor that Changed the World -- the MOSFET

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Another great video from Asianometry.   My only quibble is that it kind of left unclear the differences between JFETs and MOSFETs.  After al...
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Monday, October 7, 2024

Tally Ho! Leo Solders -- Aurora -- Satellites -- Meteors -- Tides -- Starlink

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I've been following this YouTube channel, probably since early in the pandemic.  It is not about radio, but in this episode we see Leo a...
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Sunday, October 6, 2024

What Happened to the SolderSmoke Blog?

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  The conclusions of this article ring true, but I am not certain that changes to the Google algorithm, or the introduction of AI answers to...
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Saturday, October 5, 2024

MIT Looks at the Artificial Intelligence Podcasts of NotebookLM

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/03/1104978/people-are-using-google-study-software-to-make-ai-podcasts-and-theyre-weird-and-amazing/
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

4Z4GE's Homebrew Tube SSB Transmitter from Israel, 1974

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https://www.nzeldes.com/Miscellany/SSB-rig.htm  Very cool. I like his description of how he found parts for this transmitter:   The power am...
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Monday, September 30, 2024

Homebrew Receiver -- AG5VG's 20 Meter "Mythbuster" Receiver

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Michael has the receiver done and is wisely heeding Farhan's advice about pausing to enjoy the homebrew sounds.   I was pleased to see s...

Fernando's Rigs -- Vintage Ham Radio Receivers

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Thanks to Rogier PA1ZZ for sending me this YouTube link.  It is a truly wonderful channel from Spain. Not only the Collins Gold Dust Twins, ...
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